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CITY EDITION f-f AI ere and ' All True i TUB WEATHER-Tonight and Sunday, j fair ; northwesterly winds. " Maximum Temperatures Friday: 1 Portland :.. 80 New Orleans ... M j Boise ...J... ...i B4 New York ...... 73 f: Los Angeles .... If St Paul 83 CITY EDITION! ; i Not a "Wild Woman" But she spent a couple of week in the wilds of the Olympics. did Miss Henrietta McKaughan and 1n The Sunday Journal will be the first installment of her story, of her experiences. . Pictures, too. ; VOL. XIX. NO. 128. Entered s Seeond-ClaM Matter Poatofftea, Portland, Oregon PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY ' EVENING, . AUGUST 7, 1920. FOURTEEN" PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS S?aJJ.!Vi v THREE WOMEN BEAD AS ' RESUL T OF FIRE 777. i r OF CENTUM i llf II . COX CALL S LEA GUE : SUPREME ISSUE, I 1 I .. I V I NOMINEE'S SPEECH HAS OLD RING Governor Cox, in Formally Ac cepting Democratic Leadership, Goes on Record for League; Criticizes Harding's Wobbling' j '.- Dayton, Ohio. Aug. 7. (I. N. S.) Declaring tine League of Nations the supreme Issue of the century, Gover or Jamea M. Cox. ! in his speech of formally accepting the Democratic nomination; for the presidency, went siuarely orii record here .today as fa- oring immediate ratification of the rieace treaty, and asserted that Lmerica wfll deservedly bear '"the contempt of the world" if she re fuses. j , j The governor denounced Senator Harding's plan for endjng the existing k-state of war an an attempt "to make k-w) separate peace with Germany which, i lie said, would be the most disheartening eivent in civilization since the Rwssi.itns - made their J separate peace, and "In finitely more unworthy on our part than . ii was on that of the Russians." I "Suppof iCirmany, recognizing the f ist break lm the allies, proposes some . thing we cannot accept." said Governor . Cox --j - ! "Does Senator Harding Intend to sand ",.vsn srrny to Germany to press our terms? " 1. on the Other hand, Germany should mceept the chance we offered of break - ihg the bond it would be for the express " rhirpone.of ' Insuring a German-American . ailliance."- recognising! that the allies, j in , fact no- nation of good standing, . would . hfive anything to -do with either of us." In that part of his speech dealing .with ii w enforcement, the governor raid: ? "It would aeem quite unnecessary for jslny candidate fcr the presidency to say (Concluded! pn P-SaTs" CTolumH SWr) ITALY REFUSES TO ! Paris, Aug. 7. (I. N. S.) IUly clines to I go to war against soviet jssia, and! has rtJused to be a party any ultimate iviroatum ordering e Bolshevik -arn to halt. It was lrned from a semi-official source day. : j ' "' "'." J.1'" While Great Britain is disposed1 to se pt conditions of: the soviet govcrn ent's latest note,' according to advices om London, it was reported in Parfis at the preliminary draft of an ulti atum has already been drawn up. hether t not It' is sent to Moscow If depend- upon the outcome of "the nference 1 between Premier Lloyd sorge and Premier Millerand tomorrow, rhe opinion,- is held by French off f ils that the Polish situation is as pjerious as It has been at any time dur ing the past week. It Is pointed out that-.Premier Lloyd George has already Warned the; soviet government to halt t,e advance of the Red army on Wrxr 4tw. but the Russians have con tinned their march! at top speed. -j i ' It is probable j the conference ot Anglo-French premiers -will meet some where on the Bi itinh. coast, probab'y at rj.ympn. That jnilitary affairs will 'be discussed as well as political is Indi cated by the fact -that MarIial Foch iill be present.; Ajfew secretaries and tkp.rts will i accompany the French pre- The French . press today Grave con spicuous display to a Washington re ijort that President Wilson may call a Special session of the American congress tb deal with the Polish situation. i-OLAXD jtVILLIXG TO TALK ' ' PEACE . ON CONDITIONS p.H. Aii-. t 1 1. N. S. Poland has riotif ied : the i Russian soviet iovernment that Polish? "envoys will enter : Into peace egotiation: with the Russians at Minsk dn conditioirt that Russia does not at- tjempt to interfere in Poland's domestic dffairs, said a Warsaw dispatch to the Ifrench fore fen office today. A Polish note has been sent to Moecow relative to preliminary plans for the I arley. I fj .' 't k " The Poles request that the envoys at ;'' llinsk be allowed continuous wireless dommunicaUon with their r government and that Polish couriers be given free access through the Russian -lines.. ' v - Hungary orfcrt Ionr Divisions Paris, fcAng. 7. (1 N. &) Hungary as formally offered France four divi 10ns of troops for war aeainst Russia. it was officially announced today. Switchboard Girl Gives Fire Version "I left the hotel at 11:30 o'clock." aid Miss Lola Hedges, switchboard p xator. ! "and everything was all right hen. No one seems to know . what taused the : fire, but some of the girls aid someone was around in the halls bout Z o'clock in the morning and they think he tossed a cigarette on the floor." N WAR Cox I Sets Forth Twelve As His Issues Political Campaign Creed s"i i-- t; j - j LEAGUE Off NATIONS De- s Glares .league supreme issue of century and flavors . immediate " ratification of jthe peace treaty with any reservations that do , not impair its j'vital principles." i Calls Monroe doctrine the "very : essence" of Article X. Declares United States could never enter war under league without sanc tion of congress. , PROHIBITION Makes no . specific mention of "wet" ; and "dry" issue, but declares any public official who fails to en force law "Is an enemy to both the constitution and the Ameri can principle of majority rule." SOLDIER BONUS Pledges party to rehabilitate the disabled service men and' declares "con siderable compensation is due -those -who lost much by the break in their material aspira tions."f ' . ' j WOMAN SUFFRAGE Ex presses "samei earnest hope as oar platform'" tnat amendment will be promptly ratified. . j PROFITEERING Calls prof lteerni'g the most sinister influ ence in America and promises to find means to make profiteers ' suffer j penalty: of criminal law. t ' TAXATION-t Promises reduc tion of 12,000,000,000 yearly' in . national taxesj with especial at tention to lightening burdens of . small earners.; Favors repeal of ' excess profits-(tax and substitu tion of small (tax on all going- ' business--r eoiKierns. vt'. Advocates"-"" federal budget system. f INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES Believes . collective bargaining will b helpfuj to general inter- . est.; Demands definite state : ment of rightsj of employers and , employes in cjollective action. TRANSPORTATION o-Favors fair trial for railroads under ' private owneirship. Advocate : development jof Great Lakes . navigation project. a WOODROwj- WILSON De clares Republican discourtesy to Woodrow Wilson a political . , intrigue- and says bistory will : make it odious. i CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES ? 1 Demands both parties, tell , plain truth as; to campaign ex penditures anc. distwrsements. FARMERS Favors increased home owning, community mar- i kets, cold stor ige control, coop erative purchasing and selling and appointment of "dirt farm- ; ers" to federal positions. P A R T Y GOVERNMENT : Says parties have useful place, : but denounces! any "government by party," which weakens sol emn sense of personal responsi- bility.! Forest Fire Smoke And Fog! Fought in Journal Plane Trip Heavy fog, forest fire smoke and seri ous head winds gave trouble to Archie Roth, pilot for the Oregon, Washington & Idaho Airplane Company, in the flight of The Journal's seaplane for newspaper delivery: to Astoria. and Seaside Friday afternoon. Roth was accompanied by William Perkins i of Portland as a passenger. From the time the plane (lef t the land ing basin at Lewis and Clark field at 1 :15, head winds Vere encountered that greatly slowed thej speed of the machine. One hour, : 54 minutes was required for the flight to Astoria, where the papers were unloaded at 3 :05. ! After leaving Astoria Roth had motor trouble and proceeded slowly to Seaside, reaching there at $ :40. and to the engine difficulties were Sdded those of heavy fog; ! -:- j '; However, the 1 trip was successfully made and Roth1 left Seaside again at 5 :3 reaching Lewis and dark field at 7 o'clock. ; : , :-- . ' ! Captain F. E. "Harding is making the trip with The Journals Saturday after noon. Miss May Enrtght, cashier of the airplane company, jwill be a passenger. ' " I ' Californiai Counties Short pf Teachers Sacramento, Aug. 7. Forty-nine Cali fornia counties have reported a shortage of 59 elementary school teachers to date. Will C. Wood, state superintendent of public instruction, announced . today. For the most part the vacancies are in rural districts where salaries , average from $600 to J900 ;per year. - . SCENES AT DISASTROUS EARLY MORNING HOTEL FIltE r PHOTOGRAPHS of fatal conflagration at Elton Court hotel, where one woman lost her life early Saturday morning. Above; leftCrowd drawn to spectacular, i seething mass; right Hotel court where Mary Olinger clambered down to safety from fifth story of flaming hoteL : She progressed by means of fire shutters at the windows, perilously reaching from one to the other. Below, left Stairway and elevator shaft where flames found easy pathway to spread their damage throughout the structure ; right Mary Olinger, telephone operator at the Western Union Telegraph company, who made hazardous escape as flames leaped toward her. Bottom, left Miss Edith Bogue, whotiied at the hospital ; right, Mrs. Josephine Chaney, Sunnyide school teacher, first victim of the fire to die: -' - - t H '' l ftz '. i' ?,? i . f ti. 'is v J l nv?9 i V ' 4--aA tit LTh ' 1 ?rt r-, tit rt y 1" -i r ' ' - A Au r- . -rrr 7ma i u P ' -Cit- n ill c f?4:S Hi iS'f mi -v. . r--T4 -I 1-,,,, - - j mi i mi iisif siiiiufi i 1 niwusiWiHisissMiiji llf1"" 1 , r-yTi- n Vjy -AlX? i , . : , t $ I 1 W 4 S P-rfli ? vt?M$r rh I'll . v 1 mm ; 4i Jaiii -" . . 4 ills ; lV f f? iTs ; tj if V' " '-- I ! "i . AlSfil i'i- x --.;:Ji 1 ij?; ' AT 1 li f : 1 ; rr ti,? wil V , - l - 1 - a::.i !? ?S , . - . , . : :g I 1(i:i:s: ..' "V. - S L , t- I i I - -- x I 1 A - it: v fiV -'V -1 ' '' I V- -- 'mm Him in - ii i ii.i mnn-i rtfii. f '' ;".'''"" , , . . i V" i n 3 ' ' J S Three ELscape From Fire Trap By Sliding Down Light Wires Awakened by the screams of a woman, Jack London,! who owns the home at 409 Yamhill street, next to the Elton Court hotel, was Impressed in his1 drowsy condition that merely a family quarrel was going on. His wife, however, went to their room window and seeing flames reflected from the windows of Central library, roused London to action. - - ; Running to the street London said that he immediately started for the alarm box to sound the fire. call. ,Pait way down the street he met another man, who said he had already turned in a call. This man was the only other one on the - street at the time; which . London calculated to be about 4 :40 o'clock. . FLAMES GET START 1 - ; - In the brief lapse of time In which he was away , from -the doomed structure the flames had ' gained uncontrollable proportions. ; ;; j - . ' London had only stopped to draw on a part' of his clothes. He ' was bare footed , and shirtless, but unhesitatingly he hurried to , the - rescue of . those im prisoned by the flames. . - The woman whose scream he . first heard rViolet Olive Johnson had' al ready escaped, but at "the second." third and fourth floors people were standing in the windows hysterically pleading for help. i i Returning to his home he . secured a piece .of bell "rope, and hastened back to the flaming structure. . ; ; " On the second : floor of the building next to - his home about eight persons were crowding the, window sills. In the . ' v I ' " .' , - !L1L. "Zi ;n r-mm mMUL.xssSy? j j iiwiiimi mmvmmmnvrmmirtmmriJ early morning light the scene became spectral. ; Flames were bursting into the rooms whre the people were. They were frameiVtn fire and smoke. . j DESCEND BT ROPE Throwing his rope to the second floor, one of the victims, less fear-crazed than the others, secured the rope and five people swarmed down in close succession. To avoid the scorching flames, a woman leaped to the pavement from the apartment next to, the one where London bad been lending aid. In the meantime two men were seen to crawl out upon the cornice of the building ' five stonies above the street leveL ; -- '.'H:-.'.-"'- ' ' f:;-;. Seemingly these two were ' trapped. They were bare footed and shifted from one foot to the other as the tiies; of the roof; became more intensely-hot- .Their figures were silhouetted against the som ber skies and their frantic calls for help mingled with, the pain-stricken ' and hysteric pleadings of :40 other occupants of the structure who had not escaped. Ixndon was powerless to extend fur tb'erf aid until more rope or ladders could be secured. The firemen, seemed inter minably long in answeriing the .call to the 'heat blistered people straining over the window ledges. ; t SLIDE TO SAFETY , Finding that escape from Hie Yamhill or Eleventh street sides of the structure impossible, these two nen went to the other side above the London residence. Two , slender: ' electric - light -.: wires stretched : from the roof over the - Lon don home, two and one-half stories. Seising upon the only alternative, the (Concluded on Paso Two, Column On).- -.5 5- ! i. . .7- Z American Consulate At: Warsaw. Moves Over to Graudenz Washington,; Aug. i 7. L K. S.) The American consulate at Warsaw with Consul Harry McBride and his staff, has removed to Graudeni, the state depart ment announced this afternoon.. i Tha American' legation remains at Warsaw, the stats department announced, i ' .1 Tm i , - A? j i- V n , Xl COX KILLS INSERT E PLAN Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 7. U." P.) Governor Cox surprised the newspa per men this morning by telephon ing' " from Trail's ! End - that thers would he no insert' In . his ; speech of acceptance, y It had been the in tention to make an Important Insert at the last minute and interest Jin the matter was keen. j The governor ' offered no explanation as to why he had abandoned the Idea nor did he hint anything about the char acter of the suppressed insert. - . .J - ELTON COURT GUESTS LEAP TO ESCAPE FiflE; TE1URT,0ID1I i Mrs. Josephine Chaney, Veteran Public School Teacher, Is Killed Wherr She Fell From Fifth Floor; Edith Bogue and Miss Evans Jump- Before Fireme n Open Nets; Both Die at tho r Hospital,- Fire Shuts Off Escape From Stairs and Elevator. i twp. rT?Ari . MRS. JOSEPHINE CHANEY, 54, teacher at the Sunnyside school for the past 23 years, mwo AiiiRiftuua evftns, so, stenograpner at wadiiams & Kerr Bros'. Resident of, Great Falls, Mont. MISS EDITH BOGUE,! 25, clerk at Northwestern National bank. Home at Gold Hill, Or. DANGEROUSLY INJURED - JOHN JENNY 40, employed at Wiley B. Allen company, burned about knees, arms and face. Very serious condition. Is at St. Vincents hospital. . ! i INJURED i MEDAIU) JENNYi20, Mount AngeL Or., employed at Northwest Auto company, foot and leg burned -and eyebrows and hair burned, i HARDY JENNY, 2$, Wiley Bj. Allen company, fingers left Land and leg burned.- : :. I ..i '''y ? , ... I IL A. JEROULD, 8. Wadhams & v. m.-. i uuaii nrcniwi, overcome oy smoke while doing rescue work. C. f . TOWNSENl, 28, Portland Taxi company, numerous cuts on arms and face. : ' ! :. ... j. j -i ,: MISS GRACE KIRK, 24, severely burned. . MRS. GRACE KNOWLES. cuts on left arm. VICTOR CimiSTENSEN,: probably fractured trm. : MRS. IONA KIRK; employed by Llpman Jts , Wolfe, severe burns. , 'i ! i-: fx .' - ' ".. One woman was, killed, Jwoj others died L aLlk yincentshospital, one other probably fatally injured, nine severely Injured and 60 guests at the Elton Court' hotel. Eleventh and Yamhill streets,' narrowly escaped death and Injury when fire: early this morning gutted the place, doing $40,000 damage.. - ;.;w.;''-f -Y" r. ;'"-v; ; A ' ' By the time the firemen arrived smoke and fire were pouring out of almost every window: in the five story building, and people were hanging from every window crying for help. As the flames were shooting tap the elevator shaft and stairway from the lobby in the first floor, where the fire started, few cared to attempt to es cape; down the stairway, j THREE WOMEN JUMP I The. first firemen on the scene pegged the people to remain where they were while they called for f additional help and placed their ladders to the win dows, but in spite of S their pleadings Miss Edith Bogue and; Miss Gertrude Evans: jumped from high windows; Miss Bogue Jumped from the fourth floor and Miss Evans from Ithe third! floor. Mrs. Josephine Chaney; veteran school teacher, attempted to reach a fire lad der and the hand of a fireman thereon. She fell five stories to the street. The VICTIMS OF FIRE LOSE BELONGINGS Few indeed were the personal pos sessions rescued . from the fire be cause ef the headway Ithe flames had reached before their discovery.! Fire men flung out garments to the scant ily clad occupants of ) fhe hotel, but the remainder of personal property not destroyed by fire was, water soaked.' 'j j Life was of the first importance and the ruined building was the center of anxiously inquiring relatives and friends Saturday morning, some of them almost frantic when the object Of their . search could not be located. .-. WOM AIT HYSTERICAL Mrs. Georgiana' Gorman, proprietor of the hotel, was hysterical. Taken In hand by loving friends who did everything In their power to relieve her highly nervous condition, and who asstired her the fire was not ber fault, garbed in a kimono at the laundry across. the street, she could think only of the terrible calamity that had fallen upon her hotel and her guests. Though everything was lost, through the recent 'ipse of insnrance, Mra Gorman thought only of her roomers, -j - , j " - "Oh, I'm so glad you are safe." she moaned as one by. one those who had come to know and to esteem , her gath ered about. Five girls In the hotel bad been ill. one In a serious condition, and this one had only Friday been removed to a hospital for an operation. j SCENES DESCRIBED J "1 am eo glad she , Was out of " the building," Mrs. Gorman exclaimed; "The ether sick girls were able to help them selves, but she would have been help less." - y , j-;.. - "The fire was really : the worst thing I ever saw in my life. said Mrs. M, Chrlstensen who lived across the street, "with' people banging out of alt the windows and some of them jvmplng. My son, . Victor, helped to catch the v-oman ' who , Jumped from ?, the third Story.": - AlS- Yi" said Mrs.. W Jiernes&ey of the Hotel Arthur, next dootv "and I helped care for- her .when' they : brought her into the lobby. , She ; was soaked .with blood, and when' I tried to do for-her she said, Oh. Oh, Ohi Just like Ithat." Kerr company, burned face, lacerated Tire ladder, it is said, was not within reach of the woman. Etforts of the fireman to grasp her were In vain. Mrs. Chaney died in the elevator at St. Vincents hospital. Her skull, left arm and left leg were broken In the im pact. When firemen saw that Miss Boprue was not going to heed their advice thoy grabbed the life net. but they were un able to get it open and under the win dow before she leaped. She hit the rail ing around the basement entrance to the building and then rolled around the bail ment entrance to the building and down the stairway to the basement. Many bones In her body were broken when she struck the iron railing. Miss Bogue died at St Vincent's hos- (Coaelwlfd on rg Two, Column gx) ILL-FATED HOTEL LOSS IS $40,000 i The Elton Court hotel is a five story brick structure occupying a ground space 60 by 70 feet in area at the northeast corner of .Yamhill and! Eleventh streets. The building was; erected about 16 years ago. The interior finish was of wood and proved highly inflammable in the fire which swept through the place this morning. The property - was purchased two weeks ago by B. H. Moore . from a. W. Brown and associates for 138,000. The -f urn I tore was owned by o. A. Unrig, and the hotel was managed by his daughter, Mra James Bohrman. Uhrig states that he had only $5000 In surance on the furniture. He says that he was offered $12,000 for the furniture one ween ago. nut the deal fell through because the owners of the buildinr re fused to sign a long-time lease. Uhri has occupied the building during the past three years and paid $400 a month rental. i Loss on ths building Is estimated at (Coochidad oa race Two. Column Tbraa) Seek Rate Increase San Francisco. Aug. 7.-OJ. P.) Fur ther hearing of the petition of the Cali fornia railroads, steamship and lnter urban lines for rats increases will be held by the state railroad commission in Los Angeles August 11. After an all day session yesterday the hearing in San Francisco was concluded. Bolsheviki Propose rnr TJ All YYl r r l o ; Paris. Aug. 1r (U. P.) Russia has proposed peace to Ttoumanla and has proposed that the conference be held at Kharkov, the foreign office was adviaod today. Kharkov is an important city la southern Russia,
